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Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger, also black henbane and stinking nightshade) is a poisonous plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Henbane is native to temperate Europe and Siberia, and naturalised in Great Britain and Ireland.
Hyoscyamus — known as the henbanes — is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It comprises 31 species, [2] all of which are toxic. It, along with other genera in the same family, is a source of the drug hyoscyamine (daturine).
Hyoscyamus niger Henbane ( Hyoscyamus niger [1] ), also known as stinking nightshade , is a plant of the family Solanaceae [1] that originated in Eurasia , [1] but it is now found everywhere. It is poisonous and should not be eaten.
They are found in various species, such as mandrake (Mandragora officinarum and M. autumnalis), black henbane or stinking nightshade (Hyoscyamus niger), belladonna (Atropa belladonna), jimson weed or devil's snare (Datura stramonium) and Brugmansia, as well as many others in the family Solanaceae.
Plants annual or biennial, up to 1.5 m tall, pubescent to hairy. Leaves sessile, 5-12.5 x 2.8-7.5 cm, ovate-oblong, sinuate to pinnately lobed, ± semi-amplexicaul, glandular-pubescent, especially on the nerves and margins.
Black henbane, a widespread weedy species in the deadly nightshade family (Solanaceae), gets a bad rap throughout much of its North American range. Its genus name derives from the words for "hog" and "bean," referring to the high toxicity of the seeds to swine.
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Hyoscyamus niger. First published in Sp. Pl.: 179 (1753) This species is accepted. The native range of this species is Temp. Eurasia, NW. Africa. It is an annual or biennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. Taxonomy. Images.
